How to connect a loop outlets
With almost every home energy consumption is growing every year, and sometimes one socket in the room (which before more than enough) is now insufficient and often redo all the wiring is not the time or the money. In this case, will help train an extra outlet to allow at minimum cost to increase the number of outlets in the room. In this article I will discuss in detail how to perform such a connection.
Cooking equipment
To successfully carry out the work needed tool. In this case, we need:
1. Screwdrivers flat or shaped tip.
2. Pliers.
3. The wires of the same cross section and the metal as an outlet cable.
4. New outlet.
5. Escutcheon.
6. Puncher with a level and a pencil, hammer and chisel.
So, the necessary equipment is prepared, you can start work directly.
perform installation
Important. Before any work related to electricity, it is necessary to disconnect the electricity in the workplace. To do this, go to the switchboard and disable the automatic feeding this room. If it is not, disable the automatic introduction. And only after using a multimeter or absence indicator define a voltage can begin to work.
Using a pencil mark the center of the new Escutcheon and using the gun with a special nozzle are preparing for the new niche podrozetnik. Then treat niche and establish new podrozetnik.
Now between the two Enclosures "throw" of the jumper wires prepared in advance. It is important that they have the same cross-sections and colors that the power cable that came with the first podrozetnik junction box.
Moreover, the length of the jumpers must be such as to be enough to connect the outlet and stacking they do not interfere.
Wiring is as follows:
white lead (phase) of the supply cable to connect the first terminal and the outlet terminal with the same flat cable (white) connects the second outlet.
Blue wire (zero) planting a second contact of the first outlet and with the same contact flex connect remaining free contact of the second outlet.
Thus we are to perform a parallel connection of two outlets.
Thereafter closing the outlet caps include previously disconnected machine and check the presence of voltage in a newly mounted outlets.
Important. In most cases, sockets are designed for a maximum of 16 amps, but the connection stub does not mean that you can connect to each socket load of 16 Amps. In this case, the load should be divided into two, that is, in each of the sockets you can connect a load of no more than 8 amps.
Above was considered an example of mounting the two-wire network. If you have a wiring is formed with a ground conductor (in cable has three conductors), the connection is zero protective conductor PE is as follows:
This type of compound selected for the reason that, according to the SAE:
Thus, we get on each socket is a separate branch of wire PE. In this case the junction perform swaging.
Output
This is how you can increase the number of outlets in the room with minimal waste and rework. If the article was helpful, then place the thumbs up. Thanks for attention!